New Zealand celebrates the World Cup qualification: third attempt after 2010!
New Zealand celebrates the World Cup qualification: third attempt after 2010!
New Zealand's national soccer team qualified for the 2026 World Cup and thus achieved significant success. This is the third participation in a men's world championship. The decisive step took place in the final of the Oceania zone, which took place in Auckland. New Zealand prevailed there with a convincing 3-0 win against New Caledonia. While the team around the coach and player celebrated, the dream of a World Cup premiere for New Caledonia was fulfilled.
In the game, several players entered the goal scorer list: Michael Boxall scored the first goal in the 61st minute after a corner ball. Just five minutes later, Kosta Barbarouses increased, and in the 80th minute Elijah just closed the sack by adding the third goal. With this achievement, New Zealand not only secured victory, but also the ticket for the upcoming World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
historical reviews
New Zealand has an eventful history at World Cup. They did not take part in the first three tournaments between 1930 and 1938 because they were not yet a FIFA member. New Zealand also remained without participation from 1950 to 1966. It was not until 1970 that New Zealand tried to qualify, but failed due to Israel. The qualification efforts in 1974 and 1978 failed on Australia, while the team was able to take part in a World Cup for the first time in Spain in 1982, but left as a group last in the preliminary round.
An outstanding year was in 2010, when New Zealand also left at the World Cup in South Africa in the preliminary round, but achieved remarkably three draws and thus took third place in the group, in front of the world champion Italy. This positive development in the World Cup participant list is contrasting to the subsequent competitions, in which New Zealand did not create the necessary qualifications in 2014, 2018 and 2022.
outlook for the future
With regard to the upcoming World Cup, New Zealand will be on the field with a total of 48 participating nations at the next issue. Japan was the first team to qualify for sport. This shows the increasing competition in the international football scene. New Zealand fans hope that the team can learn from the experiences of the past tournaments and do better at the 2026 World Cup. So far, New Zealand has dispensed with participation 8 times in 22 World Championships and did not have to qualify 12 times. The qualification as the winner of the oceania zone is a positive turning point and gives reason for hope for the future. With this qualification, the New Zealand Football Association, which was included in FIFA in 1948, took another step in the right direction. New Zealand could help the passion for football and support from the fans in the upcoming World Cup.| Details | |
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